Enough to make a grown man cry
Cats: CBC Radio, Canada, culture|This morning I flipped on CBC radio and heard a grown man cry.
No-one had died. The man’s village had not been devastated by a massive earthquake. He had not lost his job or discovered that his wife was cheating on him.
No, this man was crying because the Canadian football team he supports did not win a game on the weekend. It was a championship game and it is played every year.
I had no idea that the game of football (or “crash-helmet” football as a Welsh rugby-playing friend calls the NAmerican game) is so important or that supporters can be reduced to such emotionally fragility when their team loses.
It may be an outdated stereotype, but I always regarded football as macho-man game played by macho-man refrigerators players, supported by macho-man fans.
Who knew this game could reduce a grown man to tears.
November 26th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
What a kittycat.
November 26th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
The last time I cried over sports was during Olympic figure skating. It’s a long story that probably no one but me remembers but I can assure you it had absolutely nothing to do with Tanya Harding or Nancy Kerrigan.
November 27th, 2007 at 6:16 am
I just don’t get crying over sports…unless one is personally involved.
November 27th, 2007 at 6:17 am
Also, I don’t like football. “Look at my big shoulders and tight, shiny pants. I am man. Watch me bulldoze people. Ooga Booga.”
November 27th, 2007 at 10:36 am
Jacy, the guy sounded more like a lion than kitty cat but he was weeping
Chelene, come on spill the goods. Figure skating dramas are such great entertainment.
Deepti, my Welsh rugby playing friend thinks “crash helmet” football is a girlie sport because they need so much padding…
November 28th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
That guy better be careful or CBC will give him money to develop a show around the whole thing. Pretty ridiculous.
November 29th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Dear God Dale, it has Stuart MacLean all over it, doesn’t it? Maybe we should protect the nation and take this post down before someone finds it.